While this situation is certainly sad, the ironic tag would also be appropriate here. If the gunmen would have instead went into the brothel and had sex, maybe they'd be lose some of that tension and feel less like killing people. Life is much more pleasant when you're seeking out happiness and fulfillment rather than freaking out about others having values and lifestyles different from your own. This is part of why fundamentalism is an inherently toxic approach to religion, not just as a social problem, but it's even toxic for the followers of fundamentalist doctrine - it just sets you up for a life of misery because it focuses largely on condemning things outside of the rules and builds a view of reality based on negativity.

You might be a terrorist if you have a moral objection to prostitutes but none toward killing them.You might be a terrorist if you own four women but have no idea what a clitoris is.You might be a terrorist if your 'university's' dorms are also the donkey stables.You might be a terrorist if you think an educated woman is a threat.

Miss Behavyn:You might be a terrorist if you have a moral objection to prostitutes but none toward killing them.You might be a terrorist if you own four women but have no idea what a clitoris is.You might be a terrorist if your 'university's' dorms are also the donkey stables.You might be a terrorist if you think aeducated woman is a threat.

While its easy for us to point and blame Islam, there is a high likelyhood this was just gangs warring over turf and money. It isnt much different than early 1900's American gangserism over there at the moment.

namatad:Somacandra: sithon: marrying a woman and divorcing her in the space of an hour is legal tho.

If you're referring to the Nikah mut'ah, that is actually pretty hotly debated, both within Shia Islam and between Shias and Sunnis. Even the legalistic sources on it are pretty contradictory.

debated because they want to pretend that it isnt true?legal? well in countries where sharia law is the law, how would it not be legal?ROFL

Oh wait, people have different interpretations of ancient texts??

Nikah mut'ah seems to be more of a shiate thing, and mainly in Iran. I'm sure it exists elsewhere, but it's not common. And it really wouldn't help with prostitution, because the woman is supposed to wait a month before getting married again, so that if she turns out to be pregnant, the father will be known. So unless the pro only does one trick per month, she'd still be against the rules.